AI

Claude and I Talk About Waterslides and Ego Death

And then I talk about Claude.

May 5 • Jay Michaelson

In Pluribus, Enlightenment Mostly Sucks

The fascinating dharma of Apple TV's most-streamed show

Dec 16, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

Ghosts in the Machine

What’s unnerving about AI isn’t how it’s unlike us, but how it's like us.

Dec 3, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

The Closest Thing I Have to Optimism

On better days, I conceive of the global rise in nationalist authoritarianism as an inevitable counter-movement in the dialectic of world history.

Jul 17, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

What will my kid's world be like?

AI, Climate Shock, Extreme Politics, and Other Baffling Points of Inflection

Jan 6, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

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